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Crime Type (Arkansas Code)Definitionsdegree of physical injury to a family or household member. In this regard, Ark. Code %u00a7 5-26-302 uses the following definitions:%u2022%u201cDating relationship%u201d means a romantic or intimate social relationship between two (2) individuals that is determined by examining the following factors: (i) The length of the relationship; (ii) The type of the relationship; and (iii) The frequency of interaction between the two (2) individuals involved in the relationship. %u201cDating relationship%u201d does not include a casual relationship or ordinary fraternization between two (2) individuals in a business or social context.%u2022%u201cFamily or household member%u201d means: (A) A spouse; (B) A former spouse; (C) A parent; (D) A child, including any minor residing in the household; (E) Persons related by blood within the fourth degree of consanguinity%u2026.; (F) Persons who presently or in the past have resided or cohabited together; (G) Persons who have or have had a child in common; or (H) Persons who are presently or in the past have been in a dating relationship together.A person commits domestic battering in the first degree (Ark. Code %u00a7 5-26-303) if:1.With the purpose of causing serious physical injury to a family or household member, the person causes serious physicalinjury to a family or household member by means of a deadly weapon;2.With the purpose of seriously and permanently disfiguring a family or household member or of destroying, amputating, or permanently disabling a member or organ of a family or household member's body, the person causes such an injury to a family or household member;3.The person causes serious physical injury to a family or household member under circumstances manifesting extreme indifference to the value of human life;4.The person knowingly causes serious physical injury to a family or household member he or she knows to be sixty (60) years of age or older or twelve (12) years of age or younger;5.The person:A.Commits any act of domestic battering as defined in %u00a7 5-26-304 or %u00a7 5-26-305; andB.For conduct that occurred within the ten (10) years preceding the commission of the current offense, the person has on two (2) previous occasions been convicted of any act of battery against a family or household member or aggravated assault on a family or household member, as defined by the laws of this state or by the equivalent laws of any other state or foreign jurisdiction;